Forrest
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Later this month, I will be brewing my second all grain brew. I fell pretty confortable with the all grain process but this brew is going to be a first in two ways. This will be the first brew of mine (ever) where I use liquid yeast. This will also be the first brew ever that I am going to be using whole leaf hops. I have a some questions about both of these firsts. First off the yeast. My malts and hops have not arried yet but I have had my yeast for over a month. It is a seasonal yeast and is only avaible at certian times of the year so I bought it while it was availble. So my liquid yeast has been in my Refridgerator since I got it. The yeast is of course no longer is suspention and has setteled at the bottom of the flask leaving the brownish liquid up above the yeast. I have shaken the yeast and it will not go back into suspention. Some of it will but most of it says clumped up at the bottom of teh vial. I did turn the vial over the next mourning the yeast have moved to the new bottom so that tells me that it has not crushed up or anythhing. Will the yeast losen up a little when I bring down to room temp? If not I am just concerned how I am going to get it out of the vial.
As for my whole leaf hops, I have seen pictures on these forums and read peoples post about putting whole leaf hops in a straining bag but i was wondering if it would be OK to just throw the hops into the boil with out putting them into a bag. I usually strain my beer as I am putting it into the fermentor anyway so I am just wondering if the bag is really a must.
Thanks in advance.
As for my whole leaf hops, I have seen pictures on these forums and read peoples post about putting whole leaf hops in a straining bag but i was wondering if it would be OK to just throw the hops into the boil with out putting them into a bag. I usually strain my beer as I am putting it into the fermentor anyway so I am just wondering if the bag is really a must.
Thanks in advance.